Just over 4 weeks ago my 13 year old golden Nikki had a seizure in the middle of the night; by the time I was able to get to the vet she had a total of 4. Blood tests ruled out a specific cause and Nikki he was immediately put on potassium bromide to control the seizures and has not had any sense. My vet said seizures can be cause by such a wide variety of reasons, eliminating the obviousit 'could' be a brain tumour. She said that the potassium bromideeventually would not work if the seizures were caused by a tumour. Hoping someone here has more definitive info, viaexperience. Many thanks. Bella

I have only owned one dog that had seizures, and hers was caused by a tumor. But I do know that there are many causes, not sure of what exactly they are but i did find this website, that list some causes.

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i work for a vet and seizures some times can be caused with out finding out what caused them. i hope you can find out what you need to know.

Unfortuneatly when your animal has a seisure it is a trial and error process to try and determine what caused it, it could literally be anything as most animal problems all have similar symptoms and you can't eliminate anything straight away.

My 14 year old dog started having siezures last year. The blood test and everything showed nothing. They thought maybe it was her thyroid; but that test was okay also. The vet put her on phenabarbitol and it controlled the siezures for a while. She would have one occassionally.

My dog Indy (Indiana Jones) has had seizures ever since he was a puppy. No one knows exactly why but the general concensus is that he bumped his head when he was younger and literally knocked something loose. At first it was every once in awhile then they became more violent and he would get as many as four a month. As he aged and they got worse we knew his body wasn't handling it well...especially since we had to lay on top of him to keep him from hitting things around him. Our vet gave us Phenobarbitol to give him once a day. One grain. He's had two seizures since, this was over a year ago we started giving them to him, and those seizures were done in less than five minutes and they were minimal. We could tell his brain was still there because he would look at us while he was clenching, before his eyes would bug out and he'd stare into space. If this is the first time she's had them her whole life it may be a tumor. I say that counting in her age and the fact she hasn't had them before now. Good luck and i hope you find out the definite answer soon.

IT'S NOT A TUMOR!!!!!! (said in a bad Arnold Schwartzenegger accent)

Originally Posted by Laura T

My dog Indy (Indiana Jones) has had seizures ever since he was a puppy. No one knows exactly why but the general concensus is that he bumped his head when he was younger and literally knocked something loose. At first it was every once in awhile then they became more violent and he would get as many as four a month. As he aged and they got worse we knew his body wasn't handling it well...especially since we had to lay on top of him to keep him from hitting things around him. Our vet gave us Phenobarbitol to give him once a day. One grain. He's had two seizures since, this was over a year ago we started giving them to him, and those seizures were done in less than five minutes and they were minimal. We could tell his brain was still there because he would look at us while he was clenching, before his eyes would bug out and he'd stare into space. If this is the first time she's had them her whole life it may be a tumor. I say that counting in her age and the fact she hasn't had them before now. Good luck and i hope you find out the definite answer soon.

Wasn't epilepsy? Very common when they start as pups.